August 30, 2012

Judith Butler on deriving principles from a Jewish cultural tradition

Judith Butler explains “what it means to derive a set of principles from a cultural tradition” and then applies this explanation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

August 30, 2012

Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, as tweeted by @janetsomerville

Blogger Janet Somerville livetweets her experiences reading Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, edited by Frank MacShane.

August 29, 2012

Judith Butler on being Jewish and criticizing Israel

Judith Butler rebuts criticisms of her position on Israeli politics, Hamas and Hezbollah, and BDS.

August 29, 2012

Political Science Titles on Sale!

Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Isaac, the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, which was to be held in New Orleans, has been cancelled. Not only does this mean that a series of great panels and talks will not...

August 28, 2012

Judith Butler in conversation with Udi Aloni

Judith Butler and Udi Aloni discuss Jewishness, queerness, philosophy, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

August 28, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Literary Critics on the State of the Field, Vietnamese Tradition, and More!

The Critical Pulse: Thirty-six Credos by Contemporary Critics Edited by Jeffrey J. Williams and Heather Steffen Heritage, Culture, and Politics in the Postcolony Daniel Herwitz Mission Revolution: The U.S. Military and Stability Operations Jennifer Morrison Taw Sources of Vietnamese Tradition...

August 27, 2012

Hannah Gurman Discusses The Dissent Papers with Fox News

On Friday, Hannah Gurman, author of The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond appeared on Fox News. Among other issues, Gurman discussed such notable dissenters as George Kennan and John Brady Kiesling, who objected...

August 24, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best articles from the blogs of academic publishers.

August 23, 2012

Peter Sloterdijk on Contemporary Theory and Scholarship

“We have art so as not to be ruined by scholarship making our relation to the world and ourselves artificial.”—Peter Sloterdijk In the chapter “Theory and Suspended Animation and Its Metamorphoses,” from The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as Practice, Peter...

August 23, 2012

Pussy Riot and Rosi Braidotti

“We realized that this country needs a militant, punk-feminist, street band that will rip through Moscow’s streets and squares, mobilize public energy against the evil crooks of the Putinist junta and enrich the Russian cultural and political opposition.”—Serafima, Pussy Riot...

August 22, 2012

Peter Sloterdijk on Practice

“All the signs now indicate that the ancient great practicing powers in East Asia, that is, China and India (following the Japanese model), have completed the transformation to globally oriented forms of training. They have launched a new, aggressive achievement...

August 22, 2012

Erica Chenoweth — Creative Nonviolence Can Defeat Repression

Erica Chenoweth explains how protests can most effectively bring down repressive regimes.